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Harriet Jane Joyce

(Photo and text from "Who's Who In Newport" 1920.) Joyce, Harriet Jane is the eldest daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Martin, of Pimperne, near Blandford, Dorset. Was educated locally, and figures in this present volume as the wife of Mr....

Douglas Joyce

(Photo and text from "Who's Who In Newport" 1920.) Joyce, Douglas was born at Blandford, Dorset, 1877. Educated at the Stow hill British School and Newport Collegiate. Joined his father, Mr. Charles Joyce, in business in 1893. He was taken into pa...

Mrs. A. M. Cullimore

(Photo and text from "Who's Who In Newport" 1920.) Cullimore, Mrs. A. M. is the daughter of a native of Newport, and both before her marriage in 1896 (she was then Miss Rose Evans) and afterwards she has been a prominent figure in the local musica...

Charles Frederick Ward

(Photo and text from "Who's Who In Newport" 1920.) Ward, Charles Frederick was born at West Bromwich, educated at Tettenhall College, Staffordshire, matric. London University, articled to Mr. William Henman. F.R.I.B.A., of Birmingham. He then had ...

Graham William White, Mayor of Newport 1908 - 1909

(Photo and text from "Who's Who In Newport" 1920.) White, Graham William L.D.S., R.C.S.I., 1880; member British Dental Association; J.P., Newport; an alderman of the Newport Town Council, and was Mayor of the Borough 1908-9. During his mayoralty h...

Alfred Gratte

(Photo and text from "Who's Who In Newport" 1920.) Gratte, Alfred was born at Plymouth in 1856, and brought to Newport when he was four months old. He is a son of the late H. J. Gratte, whose father was a Frenchman, a native of Normandy, and who h...

George Llewellyn Lloyd

Lloyd, George Llewellyn was born at Newport 26th February, 1877, and was educated at Bath and at Leys School, Cambridge. Was articled to his father, Mr. H. G. Lloyd, who died in September 1914, matriculated L.C.B. London, and obtained First Class Hon...

Thomas Morgan

Morgan, Thomas was born at Newport in 1865, and comes of good Monmouthshire stock. His father - Mr. John Thomas Morgan - who, at the time of writing, is still alive, was a native of Michaelstone-y-Vedw; and his mother was a daughter of the late Mr. J...

Alfred Swash, Mayor of Newport 1916 - 1917

Text and photo from THE NEWPORT CHRISTMAS ANNUAL 1916. ALFRED SWASH is a native of Neath, and a son of the late Mr. John Swash. He received his early education at the feet of the present Bishop of Llandaff. Later, he went to Shebbear College, Nort...

Chepstow Road, Newport Mon.

W.W.&C. (Williams & Curnuck) postcard, postmarked 1907. Tram 32 approaching on its way to Stow Hill. The Cross Hands Hotel can be seen to the right on the corner of Somerton Road. A little closer to us is the Isca Coal Co. Order Office. From th...